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He gives Mookie a bag full of food.

VITO:

Pop, I'm gonna go with Mookie.

SAL:

Good, make sure he don't jerk around.

PINO:

Yeah, hurry back, it's getting

crowded.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

Vito and Mookie walk down the block.

VITO:

Mister Señor Love Daddy is cool.

MOOKIE:

Ya like him, huh?

VITO:

Yeah.

MOOKIE:

Y'know, Vito, I know Pino is ya

brother and sh*t, but the next time

he hits ya, the next time he

touches ya, you should "house him."

Kick his ass.

VITO:

I don't know.

MOOKIE:

If you don't make a stand, he's

gonna be beating ya like a egg for

the rest of your life.

VITO:

That's what you think?

MOOKIE:

That's what I think.

VITO:

I don't like to fight.

28.

MOOKIE:

Do it this one time and he'll never

touch you again.

EXT:
WE LOVE RADIO--DAY

Mookie and Vito wave at Mister Señor Love Daddy through the

storefront window and he buzzes them in.

OMIT:

INT:
CONTROL BOOTH--DAY

Mookie and Vito very quietly walk in; the man is on the air.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Peoples, my stomach's been grumbling

but help has arrived. My main man

Mookie has saved the day, straight

from Sal's Famous Pizzeria, down

the block. Come up to the mike,

Mookie.

Mookie goes to the mike.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

C'mon, don't be shy. Mmm, smells

good. This is ya Love Daddy

talkin' to ya, starvin' like Marvin.

Say something, Mookie.

MOOKIE:

Mister Señor Love Daddy, I'd like

to dedicate the next record to my

heart, Tina.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Alright. Let me play this record

while I go to work on my chicken

Parmigiana hero with extra cheese

and extra sauce.

He hits the cart machine...

VO:

I just looove you so much Mister

Señor Love Daddy. WE LOVE RADIO,

108 FM.

...then cues up the record.

29.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Here ya are.

(he hands Mookie a

twenty-dollar bill)

Keep the change.

MOOKIE:

That's right on time. This is my

friend, Vito. His pops is Sal.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Tell ya father he makes the best

heros in Brooklyn.

VITO:

I'll do that.

MOOKIE:

We're outta here.

MISTER SEÑOR LOVE DADDY

Thanks for stopping by. WE LOVE

Radio, 108 FM.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

On a stoop, a group of Puerto Ricans sits talking, drinking

cerveza frío, and playing dominoes. One of their cars is

parked near the stoop, and blasts salsa music.

ANGLE--RADIO RAHEEM

As usual we hear the rap music of Radio Raheem, but

underneath the salsa music. Radio Raheem does not like to

be bested; the salsa music from the parked car is giving him

competition, this is no good. Radio Raheem stands in front

of the stoop and raises his decibel level.

ANGLE--STOOP

The Puerto Rican men look at him, then begin to yell at him

in Spanish. There is a standoff, the rap and salsa clashing

in a deafening roar. One of the men, STEVIE, gets off the

stoop and goes to the car.

ANGLE--CAR

Stevie turns the car radio off.

CLOSE--RADIO RAHEEM

Radio Raheem smiles, nods, turns his box to a reasonable

listening level, and bops down the block. Radio Raheem

still the loudest. Radio Raheem still the king.

30.

STEVIE:

You got it, bro.

ANGLE--STOOP

The men curse in Spanish and shake their heads in

bewilderment and Stevie turns the salsa back on.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

Vito and Mookie see Buggin' Out on their way back to Sal's.

MOOKIE:

You the man.

BUGGIN' OUT

You the man.

MOOKIE:

No, you the man.

BUGGIN' OUT

No. I'm just a struggling Black

man trying to keep my dick hard in

a cruel and harsh world.

Buggin' Out gives Mookie five and a menacing look at Vito.

MOOKIE:

Vito is down.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

Buggin' Out is walking down the block when CLIFTON, a

yuppie, accidentally bumps into him, stepping on his new

sneakers.

CLOSE--BUGGIN' OUT

He looks at his sneakers.

CLOSE--SNEAKERS

There is a big black smudge on his new white unlaced Air

Jordans.

ANGLE--BUGGIN' OUT

He runs down the block after Clifton.

BUGGIN' OUT

Yo!

Clifton turns around.

31.

BUGGIN' OUT

Yo!

CLIFTON:

Yes?

BUGGIN' OUT

You almost knocked me down. The

word is "excuse me."

CLIFTON:

Excuse me. I'm very sorry.

BUGGIN' OUT

Not only did you knock me down, you

stepped on my new white Air Jordans

that I just bought and that's all

you can say, "Excuse me?"

This commotion has attracted a crowd, including Ahmad, Cee,

Punchy, and Ella.

BUGGIN' OUT

I'll f*** you up quick two times.

HERE WE GO!

BUGGIN' OUT

Who told you to step on my sneakers?

Who told you to walk on my side of

the block? Who told you to be in

my neighborhood?

CLIFTON:

I own a brownstone on this block.

BUGGIN' OUT

Who told you to buy a brownstone on

my block, in my neighborhood on my

side of the street?

The crowd likes that one and they laugh and egg him on.

BUGGIN' OUT

What do you want to live in a Black

neighborhood for? Motherfuck

gentrification.

CLIFTON:

I'm under the assumption that this

is a free country and one can live

where he pleases.

32.

BUGGIN' OUT

A free country?

AWWW SH*T! Why did he get Buggin' started?

BUGGIN' OUT

I should f*** you up just for that

stupid sh*t alone.

Buggin' Out looks down at his marred Air Jordans. The

crowd, smelling blood, wants to see some.

AHMAD:

Your Jordans are dogged.

CEE:

You might as well throw 'em out.

PUNCHY:

They looked good before he messed

them up.

ELLA:

You used to be so fine.

AHMAD:

How much did you pay for them?

CEE:

A hundred bucks.

AHMAD:

A hundred bucks!

BUGGIN' OUT

You're lucky the Black man has a

loving heart. Next time you see me

coming, cross the street quick.

AHMAD:

He's dissing you.

BUGGIN' OUT

Damn, my brand-new Jordans. You

should buy me another pair.

CLIFTON:

I'm gonna leave now.

BUGGIN' OUT

If I wasn't a righteous Black man

you'd be in serious trouble.

SERIOUS.

33.

The crowd gives their approval.

BUGGIN' OUT

Move back to Connecticut.

INT:
SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA--DAY

Mookie and Vito enter the shop.

SAL:

I should have Vito go with you all

the time.

PINO:

Yeah, no more ninety-minute

deliveries around the corner.

MOOKIE:

Pino, I work hard like everybody in

here.

VITO:

He's right.

PINO:

C'mere.

(Pino smacks his brother)

Don't get too friendly with da Mook.

SAL:

That's gonna be the last time you

hit Vito.

MOOKIE:

Smack him back.

PINO:

What?

MOOKIE:

Remember what I said.

Vito stands frozen in front of his brother.

PINO:

Are you gonna listen to this Mook?

Listen to him tell you to smack me?

Your only brother?

Vito walks away and Mookie is disgusted.

PINO:

I didn't think so.

34.

EXT:
STREET--DAY

Officers Ponte and Long drive down the block and at the

corner they stop, glare at the Corner Men.

CLOSE--OFFICER PONTE

CLOSE--SWEET DICK WILLIE

CLOSE--OFFICER LONG

CLOSE--COCONUT SID

ANGLE--POLICE CAR

OFFICER PONTE:

What a waste.

ANGLE--CORNER

Sweet Dick, ML, and Coconut Sid stare right back at the cops.

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